Canada's Guide on How Not to Build a Railway

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Analyzes Canada's railway construction failures, teaching project management lessons, engineering challenges, and why this infrastructure effort struggled—educational case study.

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A 15-minute video from The B1M: “Canada's Guide on How Not to Build a Railway”.

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